Typograhic machine.



No. 812,585.` PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

O. MUEHLEISBN. TYPGGRAPHIC MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 20. 1905.

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511111011 loz PATHNTBD PEB. 13, 1906.

C, MUEHLEISEN. TYPUGRAPHIG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1905.

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No. 812,585. PATENTED Fm 1s, 1906. C. MUEHLBISBN. TYPOGRAHHG MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED 00T. 20, 1905.

iiiviriin STATES PATENT orifice. l

cAnLjiiUni-iLnisnN, or BniiLiN, GERMANY, AssiGNoR To MERGENTHALER' LiNcivrii coMPANr, Av coRPonATioN or New Yoan.

TYPOGRAPHIC MACHINE.

'.tfi'o. Speccaton of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 1 3, 1906. Application filed October 20,1905. Serial No. 283,603.

'fi (LU. 'Uil/0m 77" HMI/.U WHT/067%: preceding figure looking in the direction indi- Beit known that l, CARL MUEHLEisEN, of cated by the arrow 5. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are the city of Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, vertical cross-sections on the line 6 6, Fig. 4, 55 have invented a new and useful Improvement with the matrix-separating devices in succes- 5fin Typographic Machines, lof which the folsive positions. Fig. 9 is a horizontal section 'lowing is a specification. on the line 9 9, Figs. 5, Sac., showing means My invention relates to that class of linofor. operatingV the matrix-separating chain. type-machines wherein two magazines, each Fig. 10 is a vertical cross-section on the line 6o contaiinng a set or font of matrices, are com- 10 10, Fig. 4. Figs. 11 and 12 are side views ie dined withmeans `ifor delivering the matrices of the matrices intended for the upper and ci. either 4-orboth magazines to mechanism lower magazines, respectively. ift/'hereby they are assembled in line Jfor use in4 Referring to the draw ings, A represents connection with the slug-ca 'ting devices and the main frame, the form and construction of 65 with adistributing mechanism whereby the which may be variedl at will provided it is i5 matrices in the composed lines are returned "adapted to sustain operative parts.

to the inagazinechannels from which they y B and B are the two stationary inclined were delivered. v magazines to carry the matrices C, which are My invention further relates to-I an imreceived at the upper end from the distribut- 7o proved construction and arrangement of the ing mechanism and delivered at the lower 2c magazines and. the devices for releasing and end one at a time by the escapement mechassembling the matrices, having in view more anism, which may be of any suitable conparticular y simplicity of construction and. struction. The magazines maybe of'any ireedomo access 4to the working parts, and suitable construction; but they are 4-pizefei- 75 also relates to improvements in the distribably made each of two parallel plates secured :i5 uting mechanism whereby the matrices in to intermediate spacing-blocks and grooved the saine composed line are separated and in their inner faces to receive and guide the delivered to the distributing devices of the u per and lower edges of the matrices, as respective magazines. s own in Figs. 1 and 3. The magazines are 8o Yifith the exception of the parts herein diminished in width from the upper to the o shown and described the machinemay be of 'lower end and havel their channels arranged the saine lgeneral construction and organizain conver inglines, so that while widely sepatien as that represented in Letters Patent of rated at gie upper end to permit the Jfree enthe United States Nos. 436,532 and 557,000, trance of the matrices from the'distributer 85 the' present invention having no special relatheir lower ends are brought together in a 5 tion to the casting mechanism or the parts comparativelynarrowspace in order to equalfor transierring the composed line from' the ize in each magazine the distance of the deassenihlingdevices thereto or to the distributlivery-points from the' assembling-point in ing devices therefrom. order to prevent transpositions in theV com- 9o Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a posed line. 4.o front elevation showing the magazines, as- It is desirable that the lower ends of the senibling devices, distributers, and attendant magazines and their escapernent `devices parts. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, shall be exposed in such manner as to permit '-.ficwed from the right, with the upper end of oi free access thereto. In order to accom- 95 the magazines and the distributer in sectionplish this result whileretaining thewideupper 5 en the iine 2 2,A Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical ends of the magazines without unduly widensection through the delivery ends of the two ing the machine, the magazines are made of zines an d adjacent parts on the line 3 3, trapezoidal form and arranged one above the ticii, ci the tiistributer-box Jfor disintetheir lower or delivery ends are carried, re,-v

S A5o grating the lines and delivering the matrices .spectively, vto the right andleft, so that they 'the respective distributers. Fig. 5 is a are exposed without overlapping, as shown vertical cross-section on the line 5 5v of the in Fig. 1.

il Fig. 4 is a rear elevation, partly in lother, their upperendsbeing overlapped,while rocl I acters, spaces, ac.4 g

shown each escapement D' 1s acted upon by a .connect the escapelnents I believe it to be b loadly new to employ in a typographie machine two magazines which overlap at the receivingend, but which are exposed without overlapping at the delivery end. The magazinesmay be varied in form and arrangement at will, provided the machine possesses the characteristic named.

For the purposeof delivering the selected. matrices one at a time I provide at the lower end of' each ma azine a'series ofescapement devices D, one or each channel, which may be of any appropriate construction. 'I have shown them in the vform of pivoted levers, each carrying a dog or pawl at opposite ends as in the ordinary Mergenthaler machine. lf

able intermediate mechanism 'with a series of finger-keys E, representing the various. charln the arrangement spring e, tending, as usual, to lift the rear end of the lever and depress the forward pawl to release ay matrix from the end of the magazine. Each escapementj is engaged by a horizontal lever c', pivoted at e2 to the main frame. From the lever e a wire e3 is extend.- ed downward to a short lever e", oted at its middle in the main frame and urged'constaltly upward at the rear end by av s ring e5 of strength sufficient to overcome the upper spring e and hold the scapement normally in the .position shown in Fig. 3. Whenv the lever e4 is lifted at the inner end against the strain of spring e5, the position of vthe escapementDj is reversedbyft e spring eand the release of'a matrix eected..

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Abow-levers e1, contro vnecting with the rear ends of the l E, so that when a key 1s actuated a yoke yis For thel purpose of actuating thel levers' e* to release-the matrices Iprovidea series .of vertically-guided bars e, which are raised -through any'suitable connections by means yof ,the finger-keys. I preferably employ 'fork this urpose the usual Mergenthaler keyboard) mechanism, each key consisting-'cfa vertically-swinging yoke e7, carrying a cam es, yoverlying, a continuously-revolving roll e9, extending entirely across t e keyboard. The yekes arel supported normally ,in such po/sition that the cams e8 are held out of engagement vwith the drivin -rolls, and this by el lied by-bar's'el, con:

1'permitted to fall andthe' caml thrown into engagementwith the roll.

This en agement causes the` rotation of the cam, whic hfts the yoke above its original position, thereby lifting the bar c6 and causing the action of the escapement;

There may be inthe keyboard as many zines, or, in other'words,

j capem'ent 1n the machine.

keys as there are channels in the two magaa key for each es- In order, how- "ever, to reduce the size7 of the keyboard and through vany suit-v full lines,

which is pivf l finger-keys erases number of keys, I propose to employ a key board having a number of keys equal only to the channels in one magazine and to provide shifting connections through which these keys may-be caused to actuate'the escapements of one magazine or the other at will. The preferred arrangement is that shown in Figs. l and 3, in which thewires from the respective magazines are extended downward diagonally, those oit' the upper magazine being deflected to the left and those of the lower magazine to the right, so that those of! one series terminate directly behind those of the other. 'The levers ei'of the forward series leading t0 the upper magazine are terminated. directly opposite' the ends of those in the rear series, as shown in Fig: 3. v ver-actuatin rods e are extended attheir uppen' ends t rough a guide G, attached to'a 'roclcshaftl g, provided with an operatingvhandle g', p y be moved so as to setthe bars e in operative by means of which the guide 'may position under the rear levers, as shown in or in likeposition Iunder 4the forward levers, When the parts are in the first-,named position, the keys will'release matrices from the lower' or right-handl magazine.' When the partsare inthe dotted position, the keys'will discharge matrices from the upper or left-l hand magazine.

4The matrices discharged from the respec-v throughfront guides lazlne M, as usual,`will be transferred by the customary devices to the casting mechanism and "thence deliveredY to y the distributing mechanism, which is ofl peculiar form vand a.

' The magazines havin'g parallel upper ends are .pr0' vided with"v the usualy vertically# channeled., throats or .entrances 'B2- part of' the present invention.

and B3, which. are curved upward and Y'terminated in' parallel lines. mounted two bars N and N of the ordinary Mergenthaler construction, ldescribed in detail' in United States Letters Patent No. 347,629. Each bar is-of V-section at the lower edge and. is provided with longitudinal distributingeteeth adapted to eng'age corresponding teeth in the upper endsof the' matrices .and

that they may serve to suspend the matrices .The 16.-,

as indicated by l-dotted. lines.

permuted, 'so

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125 Above' the respective throatsl are.;v parallel stationarydistributor- '1?5 as .th y arefmoved 'alonggthe bar-until they .puro

erases arrive overtheir appropriate magazine. A i

The movement of the matrices along the bars to their points of delivery is effected by horizontal screws O O', & c. 'These screws have the same general action as those of the Mergenthaler machine,` but are peculiarly ouped herein and possess certain novelties'- of construction hereinafter described.

As the lines presented for distribution may be composed of matrices from either or both of the magazines, it is necessary that the line `lshallbe disintegrated and the individual matrices directed to one or the other of the distributer-bars. For this purpose l provide themechanism shown in Figs. 4 to 10, inclusive, in which P represents a y lift-box located adjacent tothe receiving end ofthe distributer and rovided witha vertically-movable liftinglnger p, to which the end of the matrix-line is presented horizon` tally, las in the ordinary Mer enthaler linotype-machine, the advance o the line step by step being controlled byshoulders p on rails located in the .upper part of the box, as usual. As each matrix is lifted into engagement with the carrying-screws above, its ears clear the shoulder p', and the line advances and presents the next matrix in position to be lifted. A

The matrices for .the lower magazine areprovided eachwith a dovetailed notch c in the lower-end, as shown in Fig. 12, while those for the upper magazine are made without this notch, as shown in Fig. l i this notch being the means of effecting their separation,

4 `as presently explained.

" 'vancing matrices of the ter-the matrix,

' yThe `distributer with a horizontal that theyfail vto engage from by means of the screws the lower ends of the matrices. v6o.

A boxis provided beyond the point at which the matrices are lifted serving, like that shown in the Rogers Umted States Fatent No. 7 67 ,169, to sustain the adlower magazine until they are in engagement with-the distributer bar N ofthe said magazine. The matrices of the upper magazine by reason of the notches therein fall astride ofthe rail p2 and are advanced at a lower level, as shown in Fig. 4, so the distributer-bar N it is necessary that these matrices shall beV advanced edgewise horizontally until they are opposite the second distributer-bar N', that they may be advanced endwise there- O O', &c.' For this purpose` l employ a' horizontal traveling carried by vertical sprocket-wheels g and provided at intervals with dovetailed teeth q ofl proper size to enter the` notches in has an intermittent motion. it stops in such position that when a notched matrix is advanced one ofthe teeth on the chain will .en-

as shown in Fig. 6. The chain This chain channels in the l distributer shown at 02,

centralrail or bridge'pz, Y

"of the matrices traveling edgewise motion, it advances the matrix endwise, as sown in Fig. 7, until it finally arrives opposite the end of the distributerbar N", on which it is carried by the action of the screws, the chain being at rest during the delivery of the matrix therefrom.

There .are iive feed-screws, arranged as shown, two pairs outside of the distributerbars and a single screw between them, so that each matrix is engaged by two screws at the upper end and a singleone at the lower end. Asfthe central screw overlies the path to the second distributer, vit is necessary to prevent their conflict with the screw, and for this purpose the screw is notched transversely, as Figs. 4, 6, 7, and 8, the parts being so timed in relation to each other that the matrix passes through this notch while it .is

on the under side of the screw, asshown 1n being then set in it will be observed that the second distribliter-bar N by which the matrices are delivered to the upper magazine, has its edge arranged at a lower level than that of the first bar, vthis tovco'mpensate for the fact that the matrices of the upper magazine are lowered in the distribute -box bezfore being carried forward, as before explained.

The intermitting motion may be imparted to the carrier-chain in any suitable manner; but i recommend the arrangement of parts shown in Figs. 9 and 10, in which the` shaft of one of the sprocketheels g has a toothed pinion g, which receives an i-ntermitting motion from a mutilatedpinion g5 on one end o the matrix-screw O3. As the screw revolves continuously, the pinions impart an intermitting motion to the chain.

In order to complete the movement given by the pinions and to insure the stoppage of the chain with its. dovetailed teeth in the exact positions'required, I use a .stop device of any suitabley form7 preferably, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10,.two`rollers Q6, mounted on the side ofthe piniong* and acted upon by a vibrating arm Q7, pivoted to the frame at g8 and acted upon by a tension spring g?. his spring resting vagainst the rollers tends to keep the` pinion from turning yand serves to arrest it and the chain in the exact positions required.

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The operation ofthe machine is as follows:

`moved to shift the keyboard connections to the escape'rnent connections of the other mag-f azine. I The matrices .after 'passim-sito the 'endwi'se .into thel boX gaged 'bf .15. .the distributer-bar'N.

-easting-mechaziiism arelifte'd to the .elevator mechanism, as usual; and the line delivered 1), by which the matl rices are lifted one 'at 4a time. into engagement lwith Vthe screws above. .The .matrices ofthe lower magazine .onto thedistributenbar N, while those of the upenmagazine are dropped to alower-level an sustained bythebridgepz, with their upjiper sholders riding on the extended rails v of 'tran/ded without hindrance.;

. hile .I :have shown my magazines with .parallel .iront fand .rear ends-fin other word-s,

.ofstrietlytra ezeidal formit will of course -be .understoo that exact paralleiism of the ,ends is :not .essential and'that 'the magazines .ma-y be modifiedinform at-the will of the .-construetor, provided .they .are adapted to :have 'theirrec'eiving ends. overlapped and 'theirv delivery ends separated substantially .inthemanner described'. I

- Having-described my invention, what I, .claimis-.

.,1. In a typographie machine, two .magaoverlappe' .at 4the' receiving. end 1anddiging toward 'the delivery end, `substanyas shown and described. v f 'Ina typographie machine, two trape- ,zoidal magazines, havin overla ped and. their de ivery ends separated lateral f, substantiallyasshown. f

.3; In a typographieymachine, two magerv zines, overlapped .at thelreceiving end but laterally separated sembling the matrices from the 'two magazines.y v

4. The lapped at two trapezoidalmagazines, -overwithtwo. series of receiving-channels and a common "assembling mechanism.

.5. .In combination'withthe two parallel dis'tribu ters, the two-magazines havingwide flipper ends in receiving .relat1on=fito' the vre-y spective distributors, and contracted 4lower .ends deflectedrespectively web left.

. `6. In a'typo .aphie machina'thecombina-.l

tion ofthe fo lo wing elements-s two-.maga- A.zines -having overlapped receiving yends f equal width and deliverygends separatedv latpassdirectly forward.

access may be had theretol y l erate'ithe connections'foronemagazine their receiv'mgends distributor, and means for moving at `the delivery end, .1n `combination with aysinglemechanism for as p lines of matrices directly :to'war the receiving end and laterally sep4 aria tedat the delivery. en'd, in combination to the 1- right and mates erally, e single 'assembling mechanism re ceiving the matrices from bothV magazines, parallel ydistribnters overlying the respective magazines, and a single livering matrices to .the ters.

.7. Ina typographie machine `andin cornrespective distribubination with two magazines,*havin.g over'- lapped .upper ends o f equal width and-cork tracted lower ends laterally separated, es-l capement devices at the endsof the. magazines, a centrally-located keyboard, arid tension-wires deiected right and left from the esca ements of .the respective magazines .to the eyboard.

8, -In combination with the magazine and its veso-apements, tension-wires ,extendin downward from the escapements, vlevers and springs connected with said Wires and maintaining the same under tension, a keyboard '.mechanisrn .actingto relieve the wires from tension,A and. springs acting toreverse the positlon of the escapements when the wires are.

relieved.

9. The rocking escapernents, the spring .acting thereon, thele'vers vengaging the'escapements, the tensionewires extending thence downward, the at the lower ends of the wires, and keyboard mechanism acting upon said levers.

10. In a typographie machine, two maga# zines having their flower ends. lateraily separated and arranged at different levels, escapements at their ends, aisingle centrally-located.

keyboard, laterally-deiiectedconnections eX- respective A escape'ment yto tending from the the keyboard, and .a shiftlngconneeticn whereby the' keyboard may be caiisedto other, at'will. l

1i.' -In a typogra hic-machine, .the combination oi-two aral el distributers, means for delivering the ltll'e vidual matrices belonging to the second/distributer, edgewise thereto.v 1 12. In eombination with .the distributor.n bar iN, and meansforurging the composed the same,

'the second and parallel distributor p 4laterally-aeting carrier, whereby'matri'ees be. longingtofthe second distributer are carried edgewise 'thereto away A proceedingzto theiirst distributer.

` 1-3. In .a linot/ype-machine, thev combina'- mg a composed line ofmatrices,

.lng a composed l line of matrices,

N, anda 'from the matrices and a earrier-.belt arranged. to deliver matrices of one 9 spring-actuated levers 1 c 5 ineoff matrices directlyy to one' v '.oflvodistribliters, means for presentand a rotaryv carrier. for. delivering matrices edgewise., one

the other form ting those of to `pass to the 4 first distributer.

15. In a linotype-machine and in combination with the dlstributer, an endless beit traveling in a vertical plane and adapted to carry ward the distributor.

the matrices edgewise successively to.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 27th day of September, 1905, 1n n.0 the presence of two attesting Witnesses.

CARL MUEI-HJEISEN. Witnesses:

4HENRY HASPER,

WOLDEMAR HAUPI. 

